@mistercyril am just discovering this myself, but it looks like it allows you to make different extended fields (or groups) available to different kinds of users. pretty cool! though not what i was looking for…

so that if, for example, you want to ask an admin what his favorite color is, but not a contributor, you can!

Maybe I’m coming at this the wrong way. Maybe by “active” BP just means having had recent activity. In that case, how to show all members regardless of activity level, AND, how to manage user profiles as an admin (ie, adding info, etc)?

Hi folks, I’m new to Buddypress and have been scouring the forums trying to find the answer to the first of many questions, but to no avail: How can I activate existing user accounts so that they show up as members of my community? Or more to the point, how can I manage user profiles […]